Person to be charged in connection with the insurrection according to one count is a former president and a current front runner for the nomination of a Major Political party who is already facing 74 criminal counts. Who stands accused of trying to defraud the government that he led at that time. Trying to obstruct the proceedings of a branch of government and trying to overturn the will of millions of voters in the swing states that determined the outcome of the Electoral College. The big question now that trump has been booked and fingerprinted, whats next in this case . Which is really unlike any other in American History. Here is what team trump has planned according to the New York Times. His lawyers used the arraignment to hint at one of his central defense strategies, a request to delay a second pending federal trial for months if not years. Delaying the proceedings as much as possible is widely expected to be part of mr. Trumps legal strategy given that he could effectively cal
Outfront starts. Right now. Outfront next, Michael Cohen set to take this this case for prosecutors. So is he ready for this moment cohens former lawyer ease out front. Loss from Stormy Daniels to the judge, the alarming growing threats targeting key players in trumps trial. And the Breaking News, a new Biden Administration report says it is reasonable to assess that israels use of us weapons in gaza could violate International Law. At least one democrat though says that report ducts the hard questions lets go out front good evening, america hill in for Erin Burnett Outfront tonight. The final major witness in the Trump Criminal Trial now confirmed Michael Cohen, trumps former attorney and fixer set to take the stand when the trial resumes on monday. And of course, much of this case really hangs on Michael Cohen, someone who the defense will say has deep credibility issues. Cohen though, is seen as the one potential witness who can help prosecutors proved the crux of their case that th
tonight on the reidout mr. trump has repeatedly and consistently misrepresented and inflated the value of his assets. and before he takes the stand, i am certain that he will engage in name calling and taunts and race-baiting. and call this a witch hunt. but at the end of the day, the only thing that matters are the facts and the numbers. and numbers, my friends, don t lie. and attorney general tish james was right about trump, on the wednesday stand today in his civil fraud trial, trump was belligerent, showing his usual lack of respect for the rule of law and the people who administer it. also, tonight, how trump will be using this trial and his future trials as a campaign platform. plus, new reporting on what trump might do on day one if he returns to the white house, including possibly invoking the insurrection act. and the panic amongst some democrats about president biden s sagging poll numbers now that we re just one years away from election day. i m jaso
Start wholesale Firing People in the white house and in his administration. She is predicting that right after the election there is about to be a purge. Sleep tight, everyone. That does it for us tonight. Well see you again tomorrow. Now its time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, lawrence. Good evening, rachel. You know, you do a factbased show. You are a presenter of fact, a finder of fact. And i rarely get to hear your opinion in your show. And so i listened. I was hanging on every word. And i heard you say to Hillary Clinton, early in your hour, that you believe that the kavanagh nomination is, quote, hurtling toward the sun. You want to expand on that . You are my little eagle eyed friend, lawrence odonnell. Yes, i did say that. That is my take on it. And i am a terrible predictor and nobody should bank on anything that i predict ever, in politics or in anything. But given the way Christine Blasey ford is approaching this, given the corroboration that has alr
Court there are no witnesses or credibility determinations, you are not looking at a defendant s demeanor. the defendant isn t there and there are no witnesses, this is a purely legal argument. whereas in a criminal trial that s kind of the essence of what a criminal trial is all about. indeed in the george floyd case minnesota had a rule that banned all tv for criminal trials, it had never been done, and the judge authorized an exception for that case and i thought it worked well because it allowed all americans, you know, and there was a whole lot of hoopla around that case, this he could see it for themselves, see what actually happened. the other thing is that this case united states versus trump is really different than anything else. i mean, this is one of the defining cases of american history. not just in our lifetime. this is obviously the most important case in our lifetimes but in american history. so i do think it s possible to think of this case operating a little differen